Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) has released an order clarifying the duration of PPA’s executed under REC mechanism and for setting of tariff for the PPA’s executed under REC framework.

The commission came to the conclusion that the operating period of PPAs shall be governed by the terms of PPA. Since as per the petitioners, all the PPAs executed under REC framework are valid upto 31.03.2019, it shall be followed. Also, the pricing methodology for determining the APPC under REC mechanism has been provided in the RERC (Renewable Energy Certificate and Renewable Purchase Obligation Compliance Framework) Regulations, 2010, it shall be followed. RERC will take the suggestions of the petitioners into consideration as and when it amends the REC regulations, 2010.

Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) in its orders dated 21st July 2014, has approved the Average Power Purchase Cost (APPC) for its DISCOM’s. Honourable commission approved APPC of FY 12-13 & FY 13-14 for Jodhpur Discom and APPC of FY 13-14 for Jaipur Discom.

The Order came in response of petitions filed by the Discoms for the approval of the APPC. The details of the approved APPC are highlighted below:

Previously commission in its order on 12th Dec 2012 determined a provisional APPC at Rs. 2.75/Unit for FY 12-13 for which the Jodhpur Discom through a petition requested commission to revise the provisional APPC (which has now been approved at Rs. 2.67/unit). While no APPC was determined for FY 13-14.

A graph below is showing the APPC’s approved over last three years:

It is evident from above that the APPC for Jodhpur Discom is less in case of FY 12-13 compared to FY 11-12, which is because the commission in its order determined provisional APPC for FY 11-12 at Rs. 2.57/unit ,for which Jodhpur Discom, in 2013, requested commission to revise and to approve the APPC at 2.73 Rs./unit, which the commission approved on 03rd December 2013.

It is quite evident that the commission has approved a higher APPC for Ajmer Discom compared to Jaipur Discom, whereas their APPC was the same for the previous two FY. The difference, as quoted by JUVVNL, is because of the variation in the the time period of bills received and payments made by each discom, for purchase of power from Rajasthan Discoms Power Procurement Center (RDPPC).